Looking for ways to have a green Halloween? Check out Green Halloween. This great site has lots of tips you can use this year and think about for next!

Have fun, be safe, and don’t eat too much candy!

I experienced a great moment this weekend, which even in that moment seemed like something out of Sesame Street. You know when they show kids or families at peace with themselves and the world, put to some happy music? That’s what it was like.

My mom and aunt had taken my boys to the park on Sunday. I went and met them there after getting the baby down for a nap. The sun was shining, the air was warm with a cool, crisp autumn breeze, the leaves were all red, orange, and yellow. It was a perfect fall day.

When I got to the park, my oldest had already collected a bunch of big leaves into a small bag. My mom was on strict orders to take good care of them while he went off to play since he was going to sell them later. After a while of playing he came back for his leaves and decided to go sell them.

First he gave one to my aunt, then one to my mom, and one to me.  But he didn’t stop there. We watched as he went up to a little girl swinging on her tummy and hand her a leaf. She took it and kept swinging with the leaf in her hand. He continued on to her mom, more kids, and adults. He even recruited another little boy to help him hand out the leaves. After a while we looked around and everyone in the park had one of his leaves in hand.

I really wish I had had my video camera. I really wish you could have seen it. It really was just this perfectly simple moment of people enjoying the day, being outside, and really just indulging a 4 year old’s desire to give everyone a leaf and a piece of himself in the process. I could almost hear the music drowning out all the other noise…

Maybe this will inspire you to see/allow/create your own Sesame Street moment. Come back and share yours!

Make sure you enter to win a pair of Halloween BabyLegs before 11:59pm PST on October 25… They are really too cute!

Clementine NW is back up after undergoing some minor renovations! I hope you like the new changes! I look forward to hearing any feedback you might have.

To celebrate our new look, we are having a fun Halloween giveaway! We are giving away 2, yes 2!, Halloween Babylegs! Each winner will receive either the Punkin’ BabyLegs or Itsy Bitsy BabyLegs.

How to Enter:

1. Leave a comment, any comment. One comment per person.
2. Earn an extra entry by making any purchase from Clementine NW. (Don’t forget we are giving way free BabyLegs with every purchase $10 or more, while supplies last! Click here for details.)
3. Earn an extra entry by blogging about this giveaway with a link back to this post and leaving a link to your blog in your comment.
4. Earn an extra entry by letting us know of any typos or other errors on Clementine NW. One per person.

Who Can Enter:

Any resident of the United States over the age of 18, except for anyone responsible for this blog and giveaway (me).

Additional Rules:

1. Contest begins now and ends at 11:59pm PST on October 25, 2008.
2. You must supply a valid e-mail address.
3. If the winner does not respond with mailing information within 3 days an alternate winner will be chosen.
4. Winner will be chosen at random and notified on October 26, 2008.
5. Your privacy is very important to us. Your e-mail address will never be used in any way except to be notified if you are the winner!

Good luck to you all!

This giveaway is now closed, winners have been e-mailed… Congrats to Tonya and Noreen!

So due to the fact that I have hardly been able to connect to the internet 1) I have not been able to post about anything of late, 2) Clementine NW has not had to shut down and open up again more brilliantly than ever, and 3) I have not been able to have the fun Halloween giveaway yet. So…. please bear with me and all of this will be remedied this week!

Clementine NW may have to shut down tonight or tomorrow for a few hours, but don’t worry, when we come back we will be better than ever!

Plus, there might even be a cool Halloween giveaway this week!!